Tzute, cofradia: Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave. Single-faced supp. weft brocading; one piece. One loom-finished end selvedge, the other warps cut, twisted into individual groups like tassels.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Almolonga, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Quezaltenango; Almolonga
Culture or time period:
K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 43.2 centimeters and width 56 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap loomed cotton singles in white, blue and red. Cotton 2 two-ply sedalina in yellow/orange, purple, aqua and white. 3 two-ply sedalina in green and magenta. Native name and meaning: Tzute, cofradia. Ceremonial multipurpose cloth. CONTEXT OF USE: Brocading covers nearly all of tzute, done in chevron-like pattern. The base cloth is an even blend of red and white with 2 blue stripes at 1 inch intervals. The tassels (fringe) are also in red, white and blue which are formed by cutting the warps and twisting them together. A broader band of blue appears in the center of the textile (warp yarns), just as in 3-29734 and 3-29736-7. Purple "hilo de rayon" is different from that found in 3-29736. CONSERVATION: Fair. Brocading heavily worn in places.